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Biscussi B, Sequeira MA, Richmond V, Arroyo Mañez P, Murray AP. New photochromic azoderivatives with potent acetylcholinesterase inhibition. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2021.113375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Hou K, Yang C, Shi J, Kuang B, Tian B. Nano- and Microscale Optical and Electrical Biointerfaces and Their Relevance to Energy Research. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2100165. [PMID: 34142435 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202100165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2021] [Revised: 03/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Different research fields in energy sciences, such as photovoltaics for solar energy conversion, supercapacitors for energy storage, electrocatalysis for clean energy conversion technologies, and materials-bacterial hybrid for CO2 fixation have been under intense investigations over the past decade. In recent years, new platforms for biointerface designs have emerged from the energy conversion and storage principles. This paper reviews recent advances in nano- and microscale materials/devices for optical and electrical biointerfaces. First, a connection is drawn between biointerfaces and energy science, and how these two distinct research fields can be connected is summarized. Then, a brief overview of current available tools for biointerface studies is presented. Third, three representative biointerfaces are reviewed, including neural, cardiac, and bacterial biointerfaces, to show how to apply these tools and principles to biointerface design and research. Finally, two possible future research directions for nano- and microscale biointerfaces are proposed.
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- Kun Hou
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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Argudo PG, Contreras-Montoya R, Álvarez de Cienfuegos L, Martín-Romero MT, Camacho L, Giner-Casares JJ. Optimization of Amino Acid Sequence of Fmoc-Dipeptides for Interaction with Lipid Membranes. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:3721-3730. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b01132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Pablo G. Argudo
- Departamento de Química Física y T. Aplicada, Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Química Fina y Nanoquímica IUIQFN, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Córdoba (UCO), Campus de Rabanales, Ed. Marie Curie, E-14071 Córdoba, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada (UGR), C. U. Fuentenueva, Granada E-18071, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada (UGR), C. U. Fuentenueva, Granada E-18071, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física y T. Aplicada, Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Química Fina y Nanoquímica IUIQFN, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Córdoba (UCO), Campus de Rabanales, Ed. Marie Curie, E-14071 Córdoba, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física y T. Aplicada, Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Química Fina y Nanoquímica IUIQFN, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Córdoba (UCO), Campus de Rabanales, Ed. Marie Curie, E-14071 Córdoba, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física y T. Aplicada, Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Química Fina y Nanoquímica IUIQFN, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Córdoba (UCO), Campus de Rabanales, Ed. Marie Curie, E-14071 Córdoba, Spain
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Placente D, Benedini LA, Baldini M, Laiuppa JA, Santillán GE, Messina PV. Multi-drug delivery system based on lipid membrane mimetic coated nano-hydroxyapatite formulations. Int J Pharm 2018; 548:559-570. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2018.07.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2018] [Revised: 06/26/2018] [Accepted: 07/13/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Kasyanenko N, Unksov I, Bakulev V, Santer S. DNA Interaction with Head-to-Tail Associates of Cationic Surfactants Prevents Formation of Compact Particles. Molecules 2018; 23:E1576. [PMID: 29958479 PMCID: PMC6100511 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23071576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2018] [Revised: 06/26/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Cationic azobenzene-containing surfactants are capable of condensing DNA in solution with formation of nanosized particles that can be employed in gene delivery. The ratio of surfactant/DNA concentration and solution ionic strength determines the result of DNA-surfactant interaction: Complexes with a micelle-like surfactant associates on DNA, which induces DNA shrinkage, DNA precipitation or DNA condensation with the emergence of nanosized particles. UV and fluorescence spectroscopy, low gradient viscometry and flow birefringence methods were employed to investigate DNA-surfactant and surfactant-surfactant interaction at different NaCl concentrations, [NaCl]. It was observed that [NaCl] (or the Debye screening radius) determines the surfactant-surfactant interaction in solutions without DNA. Monomers, micelles and non-micellar associates of azobenzene-containing surfactants with head-to-tail orientation of molecules were distinguished due to the features of their absorption spectra. The novel data enabled us to conclude that exactly the type of associates (together with the concentration of components) determines the result of DNA-surfactant interaction. Predomination of head-to-tail associates at 0.01 M < [NaCl] < 0.5 M induces DNA aggregation and in some cases DNA precipitation. High NaCl concentration (higher than 0.8 M) prevents electrostatic attraction of surfactants to DNA phosphates for complex formation. DAPI dye luminescence in solutions with DNA-surfactant complexes shows that surfactant tails overlap the DNA minor groove. The addition of di- and trivalent metal ions before and after the surfactant binding to DNA indicate that the bound surfactant molecules are located on DNA in islets.
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- Nina Kasyanenko
- Department of Physics, Saint Petersburg State University, 199034 St Petersburg, Russia.
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- Department of Physics, Saint Petersburg State University, 199034 St Petersburg, Russia.
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- Department of Physics, Saint Petersburg State University, 199034 St Petersburg, Russia.
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- Experimental Physics, Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany.
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Xu Y, Cao J, Li Q, Li J, He K, Shen T, Liu X, Yuan C, Zeng B, Dai L. Novel azobenzene-based amphiphilic copolymers: synthesis, self-assembly behavior and multiple-stimuli-responsive properties. RSC Adv 2018; 8:16103-16113. [PMID: 35542192 PMCID: PMC9080269 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra01660g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Revised: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 04/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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A series of novel azobenzene-based amphiphilic random copolymers P(POSSMA-co-AZOMA-co-DMAEMA) were synthesized via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. A light and reduction dual-responsive azo group, pH-responsive tertiary amine group and super hydrophobic POSS moiety were incorporated into the polymer chain to generate multi-stimuli-responsiveness. Self-assembly of these amphiphilic copolymers led to the formation of spherical micelles in aqueous solution. The light, pH and reduction responsive properties of the micelles were investigated systematically by DLS, TEM, UV-vis, FTIR and NMR. The azo groups can undergo trans–cis isomerization under UV light irradiation, thus causing a diameter change of the micelles. Owing to the large proportion of tertiary amine groups in amphiphiles, these micelles showed sensitive pH-response behavior. The hydrophobic azo pendant in the polymer chain completely reduced to a more hydrophilic substituted aniline in a reductive environment, resulting in the increase of overall hydrophilicity of amphiphiles and the disassembly of polymeric micelles. Owing to these multi-stimuli–responses, the polymeric micelles showed rapid and efficient release properties of hydrophobic molecules in response to pH and reductive stimuli. Polymeric micelles encapsulating and releasing hydrophobic guest molecules.![]()
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- Yiting Xu
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Fire Retardant Materials
- Xiamen University
- Xiamen 361005
- People's Republic of China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Fire Retardant Materials
- Xiamen University
- Xiamen 361005
- People's Republic of China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Fire Retardant Materials
- Xiamen University
- Xiamen 361005
- People's Republic of China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Fire Retardant Materials
- Xiamen University
- Xiamen 361005
- People's Republic of China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Fire Retardant Materials
- Xiamen University
- Xiamen 361005
- People's Republic of China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Fire Retardant Materials
- Xiamen University
- Xiamen 361005
- People's Republic of China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Fire Retardant Materials
- Xiamen University
- Xiamen 361005
- People's Republic of China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Fire Retardant Materials
- Xiamen University
- Xiamen 361005
- People's Republic of China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Fire Retardant Materials
- Xiamen University
- Xiamen 361005
- People's Republic of China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Fire Retardant Materials
- Xiamen University
- Xiamen 361005
- People's Republic of China
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Piosik E, Kotkowiak M, Korbecka I, Galewski Z, Martyński T. Photo-switching of a non-ionic azobenzene amphiphile in Langmuir and Langmuir–Blodgett films. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:23386-23396. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp03514d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The concept of programmable and reconfigurable soft matter has emerged in science in the last few decades and can be realized by photoisomerization of azobenzene derivatives.
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- Emilia Piosik
- Faculty of Technical Physics
- Poznan University of Technology
- 60-965 Poznań
- Poland
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- Faculty of Technical Physics
- Poznan University of Technology
- 60-965 Poznań
- Poland
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- Faculty of Technical Physics
- Poznan University of Technology
- 60-965 Poznań
- Poland
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Sequeira MA, Herrera MG, Quirolo ZB, Dodero VI. Easy directed assembly of only nonionic azoamphiphile builds up functional azovesicles. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra20933e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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We reported that C12OazoE3OH is a functional molecule which directed assembly in water builds up into functional azovesicles.
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- M. A. Sequeira
- Instituto de Química del Sur (INQUISUR-CONICET)
- Departamento de Química
- Universidad Nacional del Sur
- 8000FTN Bahía Blanca
- Argentina
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- Instituto de Química del Sur (INQUISUR-CONICET)
- Departamento de Química
- Universidad Nacional del Sur
- 8000FTN Bahía Blanca
- Argentina
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- Instituto de Química del Sur (INQUISUR-CONICET)
- Departamento de Química
- Universidad Nacional del Sur
- 8000FTN Bahía Blanca
- Argentina
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- Instituto de Química del Sur (INQUISUR-CONICET)
- Departamento de Química
- Universidad Nacional del Sur
- 8000FTN Bahía Blanca
- Argentina
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